HR Departments!
by Philip
Well news just in states that a recent survey of Companies found that Companies were questioning the value of HR departments.
HR Managers have been called “the unemployable in pursuit of the unsackable”, through to “Almost Human …Resources Managers.” I wouldn’t be that mean.
From an employment law perspective the employers that come in with the truely unwinnable Employment Tribunal cases are, 9 times out of 10, those employers with no HR or Personnel function.
At an operational level we see daily the value add of an HR team through the management and mitigation of employment law risk. Mitigation of risk is not a particularly visible or high profile activity. Not getting into employment law disputes takes some management expertise and skill, particularly in these fast moving, high staff turnover times.
At a strategic level recruiting and retaining highly skilled and motivated employees and workers does not happen by accident. HR is normally in the thick of strategy creation and implementation.
Methinks the participants in this survey have not appreciated the value an HR team can add at an operational and strategic level. Enough ingratiation for one day, I’m off!
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